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Jamestown
Jamestown, the Virginia colony, was established -
French Alliance with Huron
Samuel de Champlain entered an alliance with the Huron Indians -
Starving Time
In the colony of Virginia, many colonists died from starvation in the winter of 1609-1610 -
House of Burgesses
The first elected legislative assembly in the New World was established in Virginia -
Mayflower Compact
It was signed by Pilgrims and declared that the colonists would follow a majority rule government -
John Winthrop
He obtained a royal charter from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay Colony and led Puritans to the New World in 1630 -
Establishment of Harvard College
Harvard University was established by Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Maryland Acts of Toleration
Acts that allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland were established -
Navigation Acts
It was made to protect English shipping and to secure profit to England from the colonies -
Barbados Slave Codes
The Barbados slave codes gave complete control to the masters -
Establishment of New York
Charles ll gave the New Netherlands Colony to his brother (Duke of York) who renamed in New York -
Bacon's Rebellion
An uprising in Virginia Colony started in 1676 -
William Penn
He founded Pennsylvania in 1681 along with the Quakers -
Dominion of New England
Lords merged Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island and later New York and New Jersey and called it the Dominion of New England -
Salutary Neglect
England didn't care about the colonies in the New World until this time. -
John Peter Zenger Trial
Zenger was jailed for questioning the governor of New York which influenced freedom of speech and press -
Stono rebellion
The early slave revolt in South Carolina, where more than 50 slaves attempted to escape to Florida occurred -
New York Conspiracy Trials
The supposed plot by slaves and poor whites of New York to revolt and level New York City with a series of fires -
The Albany Plan of Union
The Plan was put forward by William Shirley, Benjamin Franklin, and other colonial leaders to establish a union
